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ON FIVE NEW 81T. SPKCIK.s ol' oiaKNT.U. s<^ri|{j;KLS. 



UV HERBERT V. KUBIXSOX, . .m.z.m., kni. H. C. WItiHWillTON'. t.i.. 



(PnhIi.-!/H'(l hij jicniilxKinn of thr Tniyf>rM >,/ !/,,■ linti^li .)f>i^.u„i ) 

 SCMUrs i;i'()\l(.l'llMi;i s M||,l.|:it(. #m/>»/i. ««r. 



A LOCAL form of .S'. I'lKiiiiojilioriin dillVi-int; fpim tin* iiiun' n<»rtlnTu 

 8('. e. ilarixonl in itn juilt-r L^t'iicr;il (iiluiiriiii^. 



Size rather smaller that tvpical .S--. ri,i,i,i',i>li<,,>i" iiml ,SV. ♦•. ,hirim,ii{, 

 ]>nt with a relatively Ioniser tail. 



CtKneual colour. — Above, y.'llowish (.li\.'. Im-I.iw '•.li-.i)..;,'n-v.'' 

 Tiulividiuil hairs of l)atk ( L5 mm. lon<,') haviiit,' liasal '. lihick, iiKHliaii ' 

 laitty wliite with a faint narrow mt'djaii Mackish rin^r, t<>rniiiial ' Ma«k 

 with a median Imffy rini,' {'1 Jiim. widi-). Nt^k and Hank patchi-H 

 "Imff." Individual hairs uf tail, '-i-t mm. loni; whitisli Iniffv with four 

 rin<,'s and tip (4-5 nim. wide) lilack. extrt'iiif tijt uf tail Ma<k. Hand^ 

 and feet coloTired like liaik l>ut the pale I'lciiinit |.ur<- whit*- in pla«-oi.f 

 liuffy. white. 



Skull. — A.s in tyjucal epomojihonix. 



Dimensions of thk Type,— Head and l>ody. 'l-M -. fail. IVI . hind- 

 foot, 47 miu, 



Skull. — Greatest lenfi;th, o4; basilar lrnL,'th, U : zy^oniatir hrt-adth, 

 82; nasals, 16; interorlntal In-eadth, 19; upj)er molar series. 11 mm. 



Habitat. — Trau^-, Siamese Malay States (West Coast). 



Very many specimens from localitifs ranirin;.' from Tr.m;; .south- 

 wards to Kedah (Flowfr roll.) l»ut fxatt northern. >oiithfni andea^tfm 

 limits not yet determined. 



Type.— Adult male: B.M. No. o.lo.l.-".. (•oll.Tt,.! I.v I>r. W I, 

 Ah>x)tt, 20th February, 181MJ. 



Remarks. — In this form the neck and Hank jwitrhes atv ahnost a> 

 distinctlv marked as in thf ty[)ii'al Sr. i'ii<,nii>ii/ioriiH from tin- i-I.uul of 

 Salaui^a and the adjacent coast. thoui,'h in a nuich jialcr shad«« of 

 colour. In Sr. >■. ihirixi,iii these patehes aii' muih le>s i|i>tin< t whili- 

 in Sc. e. jiumitmlix the Hank patches are scarcely ;i|ipniial>le thuii^li 

 the neck ones are well markeil. 



stiruis i:i'()M(H'ii(iKi s n.i mww \^.^> > ,,,. uor. 



A local form of Sr. > iinnioji/iorii-'. still paler than th«' last and with 

 a proportionately longer tail. 



Size rather larirer than the Tram; form. 



General colour, .\bove olive-<^'n>y. U-low whitish-^Toy. nlnioiit 

 white on the chest. Individual hail's ol Imck (.*><» nun. lonu*. Im.-mI 

 .', Idack. median '. bufl". terminal ', bhuk with a white rini; (2 nun. 

 broad). Neck and Hank pat<-hes " bufT." 



Tail like lack, stronirly tipj^^d with black, hands and U-*'t |«ler 

 than in Sr. ,-. uiilh'ri, the timrers and tt)oa nilverv white. 



